| Abstract | |
| Survey Number | a142 |
| Survey Title | Monograph/Elementary School Students Now: Children and Dietary Life, 1993 |
| Depositor | Benesse Educational Research and Development Institute (Former Name:Benesse Corporation) |
| Restriction of Use |
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| Educational Purpose | Available for both research and instructional purposes. |
| Period of Data Use Permission | One year |
| Access to Datasets | Download |
| SSJDA Data Analysis | SSJDA Data Analysis (online data analysis & metadata browsing system) is available for this data. |
| Summary | The purpose of this project is to explore current perceptions of familial dietary habits by taking a multifaceted look at the actual state of changes in children's foods preferences especially regarding traditional food culture |
| Data Type | quantitative research: micro data |
| Universe | Fifth-year students attending 35 schools nationwide |
| Unit of Observation | Individual,Organization |
| Sample Size | A sample of 3,257 (1,634 boys and 1,546 girls) (Total includes 77 students who did not indicate their gender.) |
| Date of Collection |
1993-06-01 ~ 1993-06-01 1993/06/01 |
| Time Period |
1993 ~ 1993 |
| Spatial Unit | |
| Sampling Procedure | 500 (one out of every 50) of the 25,000 elementary schools in Japan were randomly selected, so that the sample would include an equal number of students from each prefecture. Sample questionnaires were sent to the target schools, requesting their cooperation. Responses were received from 3,257 fifth-year students across 35 schools in Japan; these were selected as participants. |
| Mode of Data Collection | Questionnaire survey through schools |
| Investigator | Benesse Corporation |
| DOI | 10.34500/SSJDA.a142 |
| Sponsors (Funds) | |
| Related Publications (by the Investigator) | Please refer to the abstract in Japanese. |
| Related Publications (based on Secondary Analysis) | List of related publications (based on Secondary Analysis) |
| Documentation | [Children’s questionnaire][School questionnaire] |
| Major Survey Items | Whether traditional foods are served in the household, whether traditional foods are prepared at home, types of foods served in the household on special occasions, whether the respondent’s mother invests a lot of effort into preparing gourmet foods, respondent’s culinary likes and dislikes, frequency at which the family eats out and/or consumes instant foods, respondent’s mother’s attitude toward food, food-related discipline in the household, helping eating, happiness, respondent’s appetite and hunger, breakfast intake, people with whom the respondent shares meals, identity of the household member whose food preferences are the most prominently reflected in the main menu items, extent of the respondent’s mother’s vs. father’s involvement in household chores and work, mother's age, presence/absence of kitchen appliances at home, self-image，family structure，gender, etc. |
| Date of Release | 2005/08/01 |
| Topics in CESSDA |
Click here for details Compulsory and pre-school education HEALTH |
| Topics in SSJDA | Education/Learning |
| Version | 1 ： 2005-08-01 |
| Notes for Users | Variable and value labels are written in Japanese. |